Biography Category
1831–1914, American jurist, b. Montgomery co., N.Y., M.D. State Univ. of Iowa, 1850. He abandoned medical practice early in his career and was admit...
( l´´ ´z r br´k v ts) (KEY) , 1908–92, rabbi, theologian, and educator, b. Romania. He served in the rabbinate in Berlin (1934–39), in Leeds,...
(p j´ t) (KEY) , 1814–99, British surgeon and pathologist. He taught and practiced at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and cataloged the museu...
1858–1933, English lexicographer, b. Devon, educated at Oxford. Both he and his brother, Francis G. Fowler (1870–1918), had been teachers before t...
(k ´p ´´l ) (KEY) , 1939–, American film director, b. Detroit. Coppola began his career directing low-budget films and working on screenplays for...
1888–1923, British author, b. New Zealand, regarded as one of the masters of the short story. Her original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. A talented c...